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Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

I think the whole assault bit is dumb. Acosta should have been decredentialed for his hectoring and filibustering of the President, who is under no obligation to even give a press conference. Acosta and the scum he works for seem to have forgotten this. They've bitten the hand that feeds them. CNN itself should be barred indefinitely.

Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

Originally Posted by Sky Blue

I think the whole assault bit is dumb. Acosta should have been decredentialed for his hectoring and filibustering of the President, who is under no obligation to even give a press conference. Acosta and the scum he works for seem to have forgotten this. They've bitten the hand that feeds them. CNN itself should be barred indefinitely.

Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

Originally Posted by Sky Blue

I think the whole assault bit is dumb. Acosta should have been decredentialed for his hectoring and filibustering of the President, who is under no obligation to even give a press conference. Acosta and the scum he works for seem to have forgotten this. They've bitten the hand that feeds them. CNN itself should be barred indefinitely.

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Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

Yeah. The judge said that the decision to pull Acosta's pass was capricious and arbitrary. It had more to do with the lack of due process, while the arguments on the underlying Free Speech issues continue to be argued.

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Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

Trump likes to "punch back," so he might decide to call on Acosta in order to do the humiliation thing. I don't think he has the personal discipline to shun Acosta, if he's there in the room.

He will call on Acosta and both will grandstand. Third grade boys.

The decision seems right and proper, but I still think Acosta was acting jerky to get a rise out of Trump. I'm old school and would prefer that reporters tell the story and not seek to be part of it. There was a BBC reporter who said the same thing but much better, but I can't find the link.

Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

The decision seems right and proper, but I still think Acosta was acting jerky to get a rise out of Trump.

I would tend to agree.

However, in Acosta's defense, Trump filibusters nearly ALL press questions, so SOMEONE has to demonstrate that the press simply isn't going to be Trump's lapdog.

Actually, the method I'd prefer the press to use is this: if Trump filibusters a question, then the next reporter should ask the SAME question... and on down the line... demonstrating to Trump that he cannot get away with refusing to provide an answer to the question.

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Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

Absolute nonsense. There is no requirement to answer a question. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to refuse to speak.

I didn't say he had to ANSWER the question. I merely implied that it needs to be demonstrated when he WON'T answer a question.

It's called 'accountability'... something an authoritarian like Trump doesn't understand.

"Reason and facts are sacrificed to opinion and myth. Demonstrable falsehoods are circulated and recycled as fact. Narrow minded opinion refuses to be subjected to thought and analysis. Too many now subject events to a prefabricated set of interpretations, usually provided by a biased media source. The myth is more comfortable than the often difficult search for truth."

Re: Jim Acosta barred from WhiteHouse

Originally Posted by Donn

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